that made the civil war and never like popular sovereignty from stephen douglas to kansas nebraska act and betty kansas and john brown's raid in kansas and the dred scott decisio decision, these are really important for a pivotal years that led to the civil war. and that is some of the main characters like stephen douglas charles sumner and others and it is really a great piece of history and a lot of tidbits that one might not normally know and one character who comes up by me from a historical point of view it is stephen douglas a demagogue willing to sacrifice all kinds of principles to advance his career and of course he tragically fails in that endeavor but meanwhile does huge damage to the country to overturn the missouri compromise opening up territories to slavery where it goes prohibited in the south over the north it was a piece of work and the story of the massacre in. of a vibrant and successful african-american took place was awful it's hard to believe it could happen in 20th century america but it did. hundreds of african-americans were killed, militia running rampant and

stephen douglas. i would be surprised that he heard lincoln and maybe, it was like two years later he comes out with the first nasty. one of the first ones, and the white house. but yes, it could be a case that i think lincoln, who had a sense of humor anyway is humor against douglas, it might have prompted. >> 's political culture, the senate floor williams, leading to the holding of the day and everyone knew stephen douglas in the presidency. the idea that he could be elected president on the grounds that could be elected president, he grew with tuesday. nevertheless, with lincoln is present in the late 1850s, increasingly appalled by the explosion of democratic racism in particular for him because he was facing someone who's the most influential but unlike what we can say about slavery, he does throw. >> he was in the legislature in the 1830s, he introduced the shepherdsville yet in your book, at the end of his life, he's the first president to publicly endorse the right to vote. >> he's grown a lo

and from stephen douglas from the kansas nebraska act and ready kansas and and the dred scott decision these are for really important years that led to the civil war. charles sumner and it is a great piece of history and lots of tidbits and one of the characters to comes up badly as a demagogue willing to sacrifice all kinds of principles to advance his career and of course he tragically failed in that endeavor but did huge damage to overturn the missouri compromise and slavery where it had been prohibited not in the south or the north. but tim mad again is the story of the massacre and tulsa of a vibrant and successful and what took place was awful is actually hard to believe this could happen in 20th century america but it did presidents of african-americans killed and militia is running rampant and ultimately they burned to the ground 36 square blocks of churches and businesses and homes and frankly subjugated the african-american population from the 19 fifties 45 years later and again giving what's going on in america today, understanding the history and insecurity of the white maj

emancipator about john brown and abraham lincoln and speaking about reading about the lincoln and stephen douglas debates they would travel on the same train together in between cities look for they debated each other you know this is something that even john mccain was asking about if that was a potential in 2000 he when he was running against obama and that just doesn't seem to be possible right now we cannot have these conversations with avatars on computers these are face to face conversations that meets occur so that we can look into each other's eyes and see our humanity even if we are on different ends of the spectrum i have many many friends who are members of the republican party and we can disagree vehemently but after the disagreement we have a cigar we have a glass of bourbon and we go about our way and shake hands and say hey that was a really really good debate i think over a year mainly disagree with you but i really do appreciate the way that you debate there is a way to disagree agreeably and to force us to not only be more human but also the more scholars there are imperfect nat

so of course, most famously at the beginning of his famous campaign against stephen douglas for the senate in 1858, a house divided against itself cannot stand. now, our own senator if we can call him that, william seward in new york, had said something similar. he said the battle between the slave forces and the anti slave forces represented irreplaceable compact -- conflict. for that he was branded as a unelectable radical who was predicting the dissolution of the union. lincoln emerged as a centrist. and yet, he had said the same thing. what was the difference? he had quoted the book of matthew. william seward had simply issued a warning. other flashes of brilliance would of course follow become -- before he became president. most notably 160 years ago this february month, at cooper union, let us have faith that right makes might. and leaving his hometown of springfield to assume the presidency in 1861, this is the 1854 lincoln worth showing if only for his tie. here, the famous photograph made down on broadway and tenth street the morning of his cooper union address. here, departing il

if you think of the holes of the senate and once walked great names as stephen douglas, charles sumnernry clap. these are the great giants of american governments. when you see the debate part of the dna of the american family, we should be encouraging it. >> bret: jay winick a historian, we thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me, bret. >> bret: still to come in new secretary of state has major challenges with china and iran. up next to a report card on the head of the coronavirus response in which states are passing and which ones are failing. >> hopefully that would have happened earlier, but we are just moving forward to. >> we are just stop right now because we don't have supply. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (quiet piano music) ♪ ♪ comfort in the extreme. the lincoln family of luxury suvs. for veteran families, when it comes to finding and buying your dream home, we'll be there to make it happen. we'll be there when you want better rates too. or to get money for retirement. we'll be there because we work only with veteran families like yours to help you get the most life out of a home

. >> we can go around debating stephen douglas, you know. >> frederick douglass would be better but af people showed up. that's how they got the word out. >> i don't know what to else the analogue is the civil war. i don't know what else to do you saw the heart of the rotunda. >> that was the most disturbing single thing -- well, whatever. >> carl? >> yep i know and the flags will be at half-staff as brian sicknick has passed away, only the fourth capitol policeman to be killed in the line of duty in the past two centuries. we're back in a minute save hundreds on your wireless bill without even leaving your house. just keep your phone and switch to xfinity mobile. you can get it by ordering a free sim card online. once you activate, you'll only have to pay for the data you need starting at just $15 a month. there are no term contracts, no activation fees, and no credit check on the first two lines. get a $50 prepaid card when you switch. nationwide 5g is now included. switch and save hundreds. xfinity mobile. >>> nasdaq 100 gainers for the week not a huge surprise. tesla up 20% on ten

, man, i don't know, like a sophomore year term paper, maybe, by stephen miller, using images of martin luther king jr., frederick douglas lincoln while defending america's founding on uclary, all stamped with the weight of the u.s. government. christina greer is an associate professor at fordham university, and she joins a many now. the first thing i will say here is this is not in any way like a serious anything. it's essentially a troll. that's the full content. there's no intellectual. there's interesting tough the debate about the 1619 project. there's real academic debate on that. this is not. >> absolutely not. i think you're being generous by being a sophomore -- >> high school. i should have been clear. sophomore high school. >> i'll give you that. it's musings and picture of mlk, dr. king, and frederick douglas. the fact that the architect os this have project have the audacity to put it out on a day like today after what we witnessed on january 6th when we know -- there are certain things that are facts, chris. the vast majority of the founding father of this nation, i call them the framers, they owned human b

and reverend stephen is senior minister at first church and unitarian church paredes published a novel and illustrated and three history books with his son paul. douglas and lincoln and now nine days. thank you so much for being with us today. >> thank you very much virginia were looking very much forward to somebody martin luzern king day. the things auspicious yes . i feel so lucky they contributed to our knowledge and they can help tell the story. we are so pleased that they work with us today. virginia: there's so much tahir. but reference, since you knew doctor kane. how do you like to celebrate the monster luther king holiday. >> in any ways. stephen: one through trying to tell the story of his impact in our lives on the movement, the america and the world history. to trying to communicate. the summer holiday in the tradition of the saints. it is a call to duty to action and commitment. in recommitment and lifting up our accomplishments and yet giving a mirror what has not been done. and it has to be done in all of the challenges and the issues in the agonies that we face at this very hour. so it is a learning from the life of doctor king target

douglas mackey, a.k.a. ricky von, 50,000 twitter followers was named one of the most important influencers ahead of the 2016 election ranking above the likes of nbc news's stephen colbert, the fbi and federal prosecutors allege mackey created and posted means and messages on twitter deceiving voters into thinking they could cast their ballot via text and according to the feds nearly 5000 people were fooled prompting assistant ag at the justice department to say the defendant exploited a social media platform to infringe one of the most basic and sacred rights guaranteed by the constitution, the right to vote and the fbi's bill sweeney called it nothing short of vote theft. it is illegal behavior and contributed to the erosion of the public's trust in our electoral processes. mackey is charged with violating title 18 section 241 of the civil rights statute and faces 10 years in prison, released on 50,$000 bond, a story we have not seen before. shannon: thank you. how a rift between wall street hedge funds and daytraders is the latest populist flash point. steve homan breaks it down for us next. ♪♪ four filets. ♪♪ you know this dinner's for their... kids. thanks